Herman v. Kandrat Coal Co.

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

The Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County affirmed the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, in an occupational disease claim, which denied benefits to the claimant-appellant, Helen Herman, widow, on the ground that the decedent, Carl Herman, was not an employee under the Act.

This claim arose under The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of 1989, P. L. 566, as amended, 77 PS §1201. The claimant’s husband, Carl Herman, died on April 17, 1957, as a result of anthracosilicosis. The Referee on March 13, 1963 awarded benefits. On appeal, the Board reversed the…